For 15 years, Vidalia Sweet Produce has earned a strong reputation as a trusted woman-owned farming corporation that specializes in the production, shipping and sales of Vidalia sweet onions, red and yellow onions.

The company is the only woman-owned production, sales, and shipping facility in the Vidalia region, certified as a WBE (Women Business Enterprise) by the National Women’s Business owners Council.  

For G&R Farms, the Vidalia onion category is of the utmost importance as the company has grown into a third-generation, family farm based on consumers love for the product.

In 1948, Raymond and Rubye-Jean Bland began a 50-acre farm in rural Georgia. Following his father’s passion, Raymond’s son Delbert envisioned the company becoming the preeminent grower, packer and shipper of the renowned Vidalia Onion.

The Vidalia Onion Committee noted that the Vidalia season starts around the third week of April and ends in August, and people are gearing up for another exciting season. With Vidalia season starting mid-April, six weeks goes through Memorial Day as consumers get into the swing of summer grilling season and the habit of summer cooking.

Shuman Farms, located in Reidsville, GA, the heart of the Vidalia growing region in Southeast Georgia, has been in the Vidalia onion industry for two generations. 

The Vidalia onion is the most famous onion in the world, and it created the sweet onion category.

G&R Farms, a third-generation premier Vidalia onion grower in southeast Georgia, promoted two senior team members, Steven Shuman and Cliff Riner, to executive-level management.

Shuman joined G&R Farms in 2016 and has been instrumental in the business development and customer service of G&R’s sweet onion programs. He began with the company as sales manager and later director of sales. With his latest promotion, Shuman will be serving as the general manager and vice president of sales.